1 Samuel 8:18
And you⌃ shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you⌃ have chosen to yourselves, and the Lord shall not hear you in those days, because you⌃ have chosen to yourselves a king.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
17And he will tithe your flocks; and you⌃ shall be his servants.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?
Proverbs 1:28For it shall be that when you⌃ call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.
Isaiah 1:15When you⌃ stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and though you⌃ make many supplications, I will not listen to you; for your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 59:1Has the hand of the Lord no power to save? or has he made his ear heavy, so that he should not hear?
Micah 3:4thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not listen to them; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:5-22
The People Desire a King; God's Answer to Israel; The People Insist on Having a King. ( b. c. 1075.) 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord . 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that… Read the whole commentary →